Syntax: TEMPLATE Procedure

PROC TEMPLATE ;

• DEFINE COLUMN column- path </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

  • < column-attribute-1 ; <... column-attribute-n ;>>

  • statements

  • END ;

• DEFINE FOOTER footer-path </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

  • < footer-attribute-1 ; <... footer-attribute-n ;>>

  • statements

  • END ;

• DEFINE HEADER definition- name </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

  • < header-attribute-1 ; <... header-attribute-n ;>>

  • statements

  • END ;

• DEFINE STYLE style-path </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

  • < PARENT= style-path ;>

  • statements

  • END ;

• DEFINE TABLE table-path </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

  • < table-attribute-1 ; <... table-attribute-n ;>>

  • statements

  • END ;

• DEFINE TAGSET tagset-path </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

  • DEFINE EVENT event-name ;

  • < event-attribute-1 ; <... event-attribute-n ;>>

  • statements

  • END ;

• DELETE definition-path </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

• EDIT definition-path-1 <AS definition-path-2 > </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

  • statements-and-attributes

  • END ;

• LINK definition-path-1 TO definition-path-2 </ option(s) >;

• LIST < starting-path ></ option(s) >;

• PATH location(s) ;

• SOURCE definition-path </ option(s)>;

• TEST DATA= SAS-data-set </ STORE= libref . template-store >;

Task	Statement
Create a column definition	'DEFINE COLUMN Statement' on page374
Create a footer definition	'DEFINE FOOTER Statement' on page395
Create a header definition	'DEFINE HEADER Statement' on page395
Create a style definition	'DEFINE STYLE Statement' on page 288
Create a table definition	'DEFINE TABLE Statement' on page 410
Create a tagset definition	'DEFINE TAGSET Statement'on page 552
Delete the specified definition	'DELETE Statement' on page 273
Edit an existing definition	'EDIT Statement' on page 373
Create a link to an existing definition	'LINK Statement' on page 273
List items in one or more template stores	'LIST Statement' on page 274
Specify the locations to write to or read from when creating or using PROC TEMPLATE definitions, and the order in which to search for them	'PATH Statement' on page 276
Write the source code for the specified definition to the SAS log	'SOURCE Statement' on page 277
Test the most recently created definition by binding it to the specified data set	'TEST Statement' on page 279